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Georgia - Georgia

20/08/15

Pop culture has never been an easy game to play – one wrong step can land a genuine talent in a mess of backing tracks and label exploitation – but London based Georgia seems to have been one of the lucky escapees, based on her effortlessly cool self-titled debut album, out now on Domino Records. Following in the footsteps of Charli XCX and Katy B, her edgy, electro-pop sound is silky and infectious on the surface but grimy and powerful underneath. Lead single Nothing Solutions is Disclosure meets Chvrches, an audacious mix of retro synths and confident vocals. Digits draws from early 00’s grime and hyper-melodic west London dub influences, whereas Heart Wrecking Animals is “perhaps the most singer songwriter-y song [on the album]” says Georgia, “I didn’t want it to have a drum beat on it, I just wanted it to be quite a beautiful little piece of music with just vocals and a string line”. My highlight is the album opener Kombine which, despite being the most stereotypically ‘pop’ song on the record, mixes lo-fi vocals with a pounding bass line and fizzing, futuristic synthesizers to create an illuminated, high-concept sound-design which forefronts an impressive debut album, revealing new layers of intrigue and ingenuity with every listen.

 8/10